The praise for Julia Child's memoir has been universaló"A delight," wrote the New York Times; "What a joy!" proclaimed the Washington Post; while the San Francisco Chronicle summed it up with the observation that "her marvelously distinctive voice is present on every page." Written with Julia's grandnephew Alex Prud'homme and completed after her death in 2004, the book is her love letter to France and to her husband Paul Child, describing their arrival in 1948; how French lessons led to cooking lessons at the Cordon Bleu; and Julia's quest to have her landmark book Mastering the Art of French Cooking published. The book features an image from Nora Ephron's film Julie and Julia, Julie Powell's memoir about reclaiming her own life by mastering Child's recipes.